LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Armies Help
At Scarborough recently, when the life-boat was called to the rescue of an airman, an army vehicle gave valuable help by towing her across heavy sand and into the sea. At Newcastle, Co. Down, when only 28 launchers could be mustered,...
Category: Articles
Lifeboat Services Around the World
Those who explain the RNLI and its role to the uninitiated are frequently asked: 'how do other countries do it?' Can there be anywhere else in the world where the considerable cost of running a lifeboat service is met entirely...
Category: Articles
The Sale of the 1980 Northern Ireland Soccer
The sale of The 1980 Northern Ireland Soccer Year Book edited bv Malcolm Brodie and published by Howard Publications has raised £595 for the RNLI. This book of statistical information is purchased not only by home enthusiasts but by... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
As a Forerunner to 'Operation Lifeboat' Devon Scouts Visited Plymouth Lifeboat Station on December 8 1973 When They Were Taken Out In Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse
As a forerunner to 'Operation Lifeboat', Devon Scouts visited Plymouth lifeboat station on December 8, 1973, when they were taken out in Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse for practical demonstrations: on steering. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Kasprowy
St. Peter Port, Guernsey. At 1.18 on the afternoon of the 22nd of April, 1958, a message was received from the St. Peter Port signal station that there were two seamen on board the Polish tanker Kasprowy suffering from food poisoning. At...
The Trinity House Vessel Triton
Cidlercoats, Northumberland. At 8.37 on the morning of the 13th November, 1959, the coastguard informed the coxswain that a launch from the Trinity House vessel Triton was in difficulty and drifting. A strong south-easterly gale was blowing...
Commodore The Right Hon. The Earl Howe, P.C., C.B.E., V.R.D., R.N.V.R.
Earl Howe, who died on 26th July, 1964, at the age of 80, was actively associated with the Royal National Life-boat Institution for 45 years. He first joined the Committee of Management in 1919 and was elected a Vice-President in...
Category: Obituaries
The Aberdeen Steam Trawler Newhaven N.B.
May, Inner Hebrides.—At 10.15 in the morning of the 2nd of April, 1949, while the life-boat was carrying out a wireless test from the station with the Kilchoman coastguard, she heard a distress call from the Aberdeen steam trawler Newhaven N...
The American Steamer Chrysanthy Star and Energetic
Cadgwith, and Penlee, Cornwall and St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly.—At 11.5 on the night of the 25th of June, 1948, during a thick fog, the Cadgwith coast- guard telephoned the Cadgwith life- boat station that the American steamer Chrysanthy...
During a Visit to Islay on July Hrh the Duke of Kent President of the Institution With Coxswain Alistair Campbell on the Flying Bridge Brings In the 50Ft Thames Class Lifeboat Helmut Schroder Of
During a visit to Islay on July, HRH The Duke of Kent, President of the Institution, with Coxswain Alistair Campbell on the flying bridge, brings in the 50ft Thames class lifeboat Helmut Schroder of Dunlossit. photograph by courtesy of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs